Sanxiasaurus modaoxiensis Hu Dai et al. 2019 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Neornithischia

Full reference: N. L. Hu Dai, C. Tan, X. Hu, Z. Wei, Y. Lin, G. Wei, D. Li, L. Meng, B. Hao, H. You, and G. Peng. 2019. A neornithischian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Yunyang, Chongqing, China: the earliest record in Asia. Historical Biology

Belongs to Sanxiasaurus according to N. L. Hu Dai et al. 2019

See also Manitkoon et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CLGPR V00003, a partial skeleton (A partial postcranial skeleton consists of 55 bones including two cervical vertebrae, 11 dorsal vertebrae, 4 sacrum vertebrae, 18 caudal vertebrae, both humeri,). Its type locality is Laojun Village, which is in a Toarcian/Aalenian lacustrine siltstone in the Xintiangou Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Laojun Village

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